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R
German
Docker/Singularity
Shell
Nextflow
Python
SQL
汉语

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Alex Rajewski

Cancer genomics core bioinformatician with extensive experience in single-cell sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, epigenetics, genome assembly, and phylogenetics. Also skilled in pipeline development, include Nextflow, Docker, Singularity, and Git. I am an excellent science communicator to both public and professional audiences.

Education

PhD Plant Biology

University of California, Riverside

N/A

2020 - 2015

MS Horticulture

University of Georgia

N/A

2015 - 2013

BS Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology

Drake University

N/A

2010 - 2006

Work Experience

Research Bioinformatician II

Cedars-Sinai Genomics Core

N/A

current - 2021

  • Advanced analysis of single-cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, WES/WGS, CUT&Tag, ATAC-seq
  • Pipeline development with Nextflow, Docker, and Git

Congress-Bundestag Fellow & Research Intern

Universität Rostock

N/A

2012 - 2011

  • Vaccine production in transgenic plants
  • Developed plant transformation methods in lupine, pea, tobacco, and potato

Research Assistant

Pioneer Hi-Bred (Corteva)

N/A

2011 - 2010

  • Developed SQL database to integrate phenotypic and genotypic measurements

NSF Research Intern

North Carolina State University

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Aug 2009 - May 2009

  • Validated viral protein production in novel hosts

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Multispecies Transcriptomes Reveal Core Fruit Development Genes

Frontiers in Plant Science (Submitted)
Alex Rajewski, Dinusha Maheepala, Jessica Le, Amy Litt

N/A

2022

microRNA-16 mediates anti-fibrotic effects of exosomes in rats with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction

Journal of Clinical Investigation (Submitted)
Jae Hyung Cho, Alex Rajewski, Catherine Bresee, Myung Yoon Kim, Thassio Mesquita, Xaviar Jones, Isabelle Pellot, Wenxie Liu, Lizbeth Sanchez, Asma Nawaz, Ahmed Ibrahim, Russell Rogers, Eugenio Cingolani, Eduardo Marbán

N/A

2022

SOX9 switch orchestrates dynamic Wnt niches and kidney myofibroblast activity

Nature (Submitted)
Z. Wang; S. Aggarwal; A. Rajewski; M.K. Bhasin; K. Suresh; M. Yamashita; H. Akiyama; S.A.Karumanchi; S.C. Jordan; P.W. Noble; P.E. Cippà; S. Kumar.

N/A

2022

Datura Genome Reveals Duplications of Psychoactive Alkaloid Biosynthetic Genes and High Mutation Rate Following Tissue Culture

BMC Genomics
Alex Rajewski, Derreck Carter-House, Jason Stajich, and Amy Litt

N/A

2021

The pulmonary microbiome‒angiotensin axis locally reprograms CXCR4hi neutrophils in the lung.

Journal of Experimental Medicine (Submitted)
M. Kim; A.R. Victor; Z. Peng; A. Rajewski; D. Cao; G. Leite; S. Saito; C. Liu; E.A. Bernstein; L.C. Veiras; Z. Khan; J.F. Giani; D.M. Underhill; X. Cui; S. You; K.E. Bernstein; D. Okwan-Duodu.

N/A

2021

in Vitro Plant Regeneration and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated Transformation of Datura stramonium

Applications in Plant Science
Alex Rajewski, Kevan Elkins, Ashley Henry, Joyce Van Eck, and Amy Litt

N/A

2019

Evolution and Diversification of FRUITFULL Genes in Solanaceae

Frontiers in Plant Science
Dinusha Maheepala, Chris Emerling, Alex Rajewski, Jenna Macon, Maya Stahl, Natalia Pabón-Mora, and Amy Litt

N/A

2019

Classification and phylogenetic analyses of the Arabidopsis and tomato G-type lectin receptor kinases

BMC Genomics
Marcella A. Teixeira, Alex Rajewski, Jiangman He, Olenka G. Castaneda, Amy Litt, and Isgouhi Kaloshian

N/A

2018